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单词 processionary
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processionaryn.

Brit. /prəˈsɛʃn̩(ə)ri/, /prəˈsɛʃən(ə)ri/, U.S. /prəˈsɛʃənri/, /prəˈsɛʃəˌnɛri/
Forms: late Middle English proceessionary, late Middle English–1600s 1800s– processionary.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Apparently partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: Latin processionarium , processionarius ; processioner n.; processionary adj.
Etymology: In sense 1 < post-classical Latin processionarium (also processionarius) book used in processions (from 1320 in British sources), use as noun of neuter (also masculine) of processionarius processionary adj. In sense 2 apparently alteration of processioner n. after -ary suffix1. In sense 3 < processionary adj. With sense 1 compare Anglo-Norman processionarie (13th cent.), Middle French, French processionnaire (1328), Old Occitan processionari (15th cent.).
1. = processional n. 1. Now historical and rare.
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society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > service book (general) > [noun] > for use during procession
processioner1414
processionary1447
processional1537
procession1540
1447 in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) App. 316/1 in Parl. Papers (C. 673) XXXIII. 337 Item, iii massebokys. Item, a Grayles... Item, ii Proceessionaries.
1466 Inventory in Archaeologia (1887) 50 37 (MED) j processionary wryttyn in þe ijde. lefe, valeas cum angelis.
?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 99 v A Processionary, processionarium, processionale.
c1544 in Shropshire Parish Documents (1903) 53 Item, bookes in the Church: j mass books, j portehowse, j manuell, j processionaries.
1618 ( Inventory in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 182 Item, 2 processionaries, the great psalter, and the lesse Portase.
1962 K. Meyer-Baer Liturg. Mus. Incunabula p. xii Several such offices are found in the Antiphonary, and also in the Processionaries.
2. U.S. = processioner n. 3. Obsolete. rare.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > in U.S.
fence-viewer1661
county commissioner1668
naval officer1702
agent1707
processioner1731
Indian agent1766
processionary1890
trustbuster1893
1890 Cent. Dict. Processionary,... Same as processioner.
3. A processionary moth or caterpillar. Cf. processionary adj. 2.oak processionary: see the first element.
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1925 Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 18 206 Of the Notodontidae the processionaries belonging to the genus Cnethocampa Stevens, have long been notorious.
1986 M.Chinery Insects Brit. & W. Europe 150 Pine Processionary Thaumetopoea pityocampa... They march out to feed on the needles in single file—hence the common name.
2002 Jrnl. Insect Behavior 15 659 Processionaries elicit locomotion in the individual preceding them in line by brushing their heads against prominent sulci that project from the tips of their abdomens.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

processionaryadj.

Brit. /prəˈsɛʃn̩(ə)ri/, /prəˈsɛʃən(ə)ri/, U.S. /prəˈsɛʃənri/, /prəˈsɛʃnɛri/
Forms: 1500s processionarie, 1600s– processionary.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin processionarius.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin processionarius of or relating to processions (11th cent.), used or taking part in processions (1222, 1360 in British sources) < procession- , processio procession n. + classical Latin -ārius -ary suffix1. In sense 2 after French processionnaire (1734; 1413 in Middle French in sense 1).
1. Of, relating to, or resembling a procession; processional.
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society > travel > [adjective] > of or relating to procession
processionary1597
processional1611
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [adjective] > parade or procession
processionary1597
processional1611
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xli. 82 Decreed, that the whole Church should bestow yearely at the feast of Pentecost three dayes in that kinde of processionarie seruice.
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 333 The Pagans in their superstitious and idolatrous Processionary pomps carried the Images of their Gods.
a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 70 With Tapers, and Crucifixes, and other processionary solemnities.
1769 Anti-Midas 20 Nor is there any possibility for frequenters of the theatre to doubt the respective plays these processionary characters belong to.
1820 Times 28 Nov. 2/3 It is expedient to form a processionary cavalcade to attend her Majesty on the 29th inst.
1924 Times 30 Sept. 18/1 Insistence on the processionary magnificence of state carriages, bejewelled howdahs, caparisoned elephants, and Arab steeds too often blinds the incurably romantic reader to the gloomy background of these splendours.
1998 Scunthorpe Evening Tel. (Nexis) 11 July 31 Sadly, as often happens at Donington, the race itself turned out to be somewhat processionary.
2. Designating caterpillars which live communally in silken tents in trees and move out at night in single file or broader processions to feed, often causing defoliation and shedding irritant hairs; (also) designating the moths (now usually placed in the family Thaumetopoeidae) which have such caterpillars, esp. ones of the genera Thaumetopoea (in Europe) and Ochrogaster (in Australia). Cf. processionary n. 3.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [adjective] > of thaumetopoea pityocampa
processionary1766
1766 Ann. Reg. 1765 Usual Projects 140/2 M. de Reaumur ranks this species of caterpillars amongst those which are called processionary, from their marching from one place to another, in large bodies..and in great order.
1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. xvi. 23 A still more singular and pleasing spectacle, when their regiments march out to forage, is exhibited by the Processionary Bombyx.
1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iv. i. 234 Studying the habits of the Processionary Moth.
1922 J. J. Sudborough Bernthsen's Text-bk. Org. Chem. (new ed.) vi. 153 Formic acid..occurs free in ants, especially Formica rufa , in the processionary caterpillar (Bombyx processionea ), in the bristles of the stinging nettle, [etc.].
1994 Nat. Hist. Apr. 100 A train of processionary caterpillars resembles a six-yard length of rope discarded on the red sands.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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